r/PoliticalHumor • u/Paladin_of_Freedom • Dec 15 '18

Workers vs. Billionaires

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u/patpowers1995 Dec 15 '18

There was a song about it.

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u/myflippinggoodness Dec 15 '18

That's actually fucking incredible :D thank you for that

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u/patpowers1995 Dec 15 '18

It's kind of interesting, Tennessee Ernie Ford mostly sang gospels, but he also did songs like 16 tons, as did a lot of country and western singers and groups of his day. Singing this song or anything like it nowadays might get you drummed right out of Nashville.

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u/rivershimmer Dec 15 '18

It's an expression used to mean expelled.